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HANGER FOR RADIATORS. APPLICATION FILED MAY 3.1919.

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FRANKLDSI' P. MURDOCH, 0!? EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO GILLIS &

GEOGHEGAN, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y. A. FIRM.

HANGER FOR RADIATORS.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 5, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANKLIN P. MUR- DOOH, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at East Orange, in the county of Essex and State of NewJersey, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Hangersfor Radiators,'of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to devices for sup porting heating radiators uponthe wall, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple,inexpensive hanger in one piece, which supports the radiator reliably,is easily secured to the wall, and is practically concealed from viewwhen the radiator is in position thereon.

The invention consists in certain novel details of construction andarrangement by which the above objects are attained, to be hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The accompanying drawings form a part of this specification and show theinvention as it has been carried out in practice.

Figure 1 is an end view of a radiator supported on one of the improvedhangers.

Fig. 2 is a corresponding front elevation.

The remaining figures are on a larger scale and show the hanger alone.

Fig. 3 is a front view of the hanger.

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the same.

Fig. 5 is a corresponding end view.

Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section taken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 3,and partly in elevation.

Similar letters of reference indicate the same parts in all the figures.

A is a radiator, shown as composed of a series of cast sections joinedat their upper and lower ends by connected bosses A' and A formed ontheir adjacent faces. The radiator may be understood to be of any approved type, adapted for steam or hot water heating systems, andequipped with the usual pipes, valves, and connections, not shown.

The hanger comprises a strip or narrow plate B of heavy sheet metalhaving its ends bent outwardly at a right angle, parallel with eachother to form brackets B 1 on which the radiator is hung. The bracketsare each provided with a curved notch b on the upper edge, adapted toextend between adjacent sections and match approximately to and receivethe lower faces of the upper bosses A of the radiator, or other likeconnections.

The body B has a longitudinally extending slot 6 near each end adaptedto receive a fastening means for securing the hanger to the wall, whichm. y be a simple stud-bolt, as at C in Fig. 1, or an expansion bolt or ayoke with threaded ends to extend through the slots and receive nuts,depending upon the character of the wall to which the radiator is to beattached. The slots 6 offer a degree of longitudinal adjustment inlocating the hanger relatively to the spaces between the sections of theradiator.

In applying the hanger it is so located as to present its brackets B inposition to extend each into the space between two adjacent sections ofthe radiator at separated points on the latter and preferably positionedabout centrally thereof. The hanger is then secured to the wall and theradiator placed thereon with its bosses A engaged in the notches b b ofthe brackets.

The under face of each bracket is cut away, as at B, and presents butlittle outward face so that when the radiator is in place with thebrackets in the narrow spaces between the sections, the holder is soinconspicuous as to be practically invisible.

By making the holder in a single piece only two bolts are required tosupport the radiator reliably and these are easily located, andsufficient adjustment is permitted by the slots 6 to allow for slightvariations in position.

I claim The holder described comprising a single plate of sheet metalbent at each end to form outwardly extended parallel brackets, andhaving longitudinally disposed slots adapted to receive bolts for theattachment of said plate to a wall, said brackets having their upperedges in the form of notches and adapted to project into the spacesbetween adjacent sections of a radiator at separated points in thelatter, said notches adapted to receive the bosses of said sections andthereby support such radiator.

In testimony that I claim the invention above set forth I aflix mysignature.

FRANKLIN P. MURDOCH.

Copies 01 this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. O.

